St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-01-22
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

-Thirty-four salt wells have been put
down in Wyoming County. N. T.. this
year.
Nova Scotia ships thousands OF
barrels of apples to New York City cv-
srv week.
There are 125 cheese factories in
st. Lawrence County, N. r.. and last
year they manufactured aud sold l3.-
00O.OO pounds Of cheese.
The German State Railway Coun-
ell has forbidden the employment OF
men in active service on the railroads
beyond eight hours daily.
The culture Of tobacco in Germany.
which has declined since 1881. is now
progressing. 1.936.597 acres having
been planted this year. against 1852
S2J acres last year.
stoves are moving South in consequence
of Western competition and on account
of the cheapness of iron in Alabama and
Tennessee.
Nova Scotia's apple crop is larger
this season than for many years past.
1t is estimated that there will not be
fewer than lO0,O)J barrels for export,
double the quantity of last year.
In Wyoming County. New York.
the frait evaporating industry has
completely died out. For awhile much
money was made in the business, but
so many people went into it that u de-
cline was inevitable.
-Bricklayers have been at work
nights on q building in Rochester, N.
Y. by the aid of electric lights. The
lights are arranged along the top Of
the building and the men find they can
lay brick as we'll by them as by day
light.-Bw6dlo Express.
One Of the industries OF Vermont
is the gathering Of white pine cones
and extracting the secls. which are
sent to Germany. France and other
parts Of Europe. A bushel of cones
yields pound of seeds. The cones are
dried and the seeds beaten out.-Rs.-
land Herald
The Sheep Breeder and Woo! Gvope,
says: Letters from sheep breeders
and wool growers in every quarter in
dicate an almost remarkable revival OF
interest in an industry whose utter ex-
tinction was predicted by gloomy
prophets few years ago."
The Knights Of Labor were organ
lied in Philadelphia in 1869. They
were first known publicly rs the Teapot
club. because pot of tea was always
on hand at the meetings. for those
members who drank nothing stronger
mo intoxicating liquors. -Phi!oacl-
phia Record
"A tract of land on the western
shore of Cayuga Lake. near Canog:l.
has been leased to Rochester parties
for the cultivation of frogs. The rails
ing Of frogs for tho New York market
has come to be . recognized industry.
There is large frog farm in the neigh
borhood of Waterloo and several in
Canada. and still the demand is greater
than the supply.-N Y. Sun.
Great speed has been attained in
the manufacture Of rides. Ono hun
drcd and twenty barrels can be rolled
in an hour by ono machine; they are
Strengthened cold and bored with COR
responding speed. and even the rining
is now done automatically. 50 that one
man tending six machines can turn out
sixty or seventy barrels per day. With
the old rifiny machine twenty barrels
was about the limit of days 5 work. but
the improved machines attend to every
thing after they are once started. and
when the rifling is completed ring a
bel! to call the attention Of the work
man. He is thus enabled to attend as
many rs six machines ut time.-N Y
Times.